Qatar refutes claims of backing Islamic State
AP, Dubai :The Gulf nation of Qatar is hitting back at suggestions that it supports the Islamic State extremist group, saying that “determined, collective action”...
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35 Nigerian police officers missing after insurgent attack
CNN :Thirty-five Nigerian policemen are missing following an insurgent attack Saturday on a police training school in one of the most volatile parts of the...
Netanyahu warns Gaza civilians after Israel destroys 13-storey building
Reuters, Jerusalem :Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Palestinian civilians on Sunday to leave immediately any site where militants are operating, one day after Israel took...
3 Yemen soldiers killed in convoy attack
AP, Sanaa :Three Yemeni soldiers were killed Saturday when an explosive device struck their convoy in the country’s restive east, a security official said.The official...
US hits at China over spy plane ‘provocation’
Al-Jazeera.com :The United States has accused the Chinese military of provocation after one of its fighter jets conducted an “intercept” of a US Navy spy...
Spread of Ebola epidemic ‘unprecedented’: WHO
ANI, London :The spread of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa is ‘unprecedented’, said the World Health Organization (WHO).The WHO also said that there were...
Yemen govt offers to resign within a month
Reuters, Sanaa :Yemen’s government offered on Saturday to resign within a month and to review an unpopular decision to cut fuel subsidies in an attempt...
Russian aid convoy leave as Merkel visits Ukraine
BBC Online :About 100 lorries from an unauthorised Russian aid convoy have crossed back over the border from rebel-held eastern Ukraine, officials say.The convoy was...
India, Pakistan trade gunfire in Kashmir: 4 dead
AP, India :India and Pakistan traded gunfire in the disputed Kashmir region on Saturday, killing two villagers on each side and wounding several others, officials...
Massacre derails talks on new Iraq govt
Al-Jazeera.com :Sunni politicians in Iraq have suspended talks to form a new government, in protest of a mass killing inside a mosque in the northeastern...
Rescuers race to find survivors
BBC Online :Rescuers have been searching desperately for survivors in Japan’s Hiroshima prefecture where a landslide killed at least 42 people.At least 43 others are...
Israeli aircraft bomb Gaza, five Palestinians killed
Reuters, Gaza :Israeli aircraft bombed the Gaza Strip on Saturday and Palestinian militants fired rockets at the Jewish state, the military said, with no end...